...the Green Line station through several ventures. In 2010, the Bronzeville Community Garden opened at 51st and Calumet Avenue, delivering fresh food, gardening tutelage and workshops, and a locale for avid chess players. On...

One notable surviving structure is the old Chicago Defender Building at 3435 S. Indiana Ave. The nationally circulated weekly newspaper was pivotal in promoting Chicago and other northern cities as...

Two nearby buildings that are significant for their musical history are Pilgrim Baptist Church at 3301 S. Indiana Avenue and the former Sunset Café at 315 E. 35th Street. Under the direction of Thomas...

...are Pilgrim Baptist Church at 3301 S. Indiana Avenue and the former Sunset Café at 315 E. 35th Street. Under the direction of Thomas A. Dorsey and featuring singers, such as Mahalia Jackson, Pilgrim...

...landmarks already mentioned, notable surviving remnants of its former eminence include the Overton Hygienic Building (3619-27 S. State St.), which housed a preeminent African-American cosmetics producer, the first black owned insurance company in...

...producer, the first black owned insurance company in the north at the Supreme Life Building (3501 S. King Drive), and the former homes of Louis Armstrong (421 E. 44th St.), “Native Son” author Richard...

...and Prairie Avenues between 31st and 36th, the Giles-Calumet District on the 3700 and 3800 block of Giles and 3800 block of Calumet Avenue, and the Washington Park Court District between 4900 and...

...and 36th, the Giles-Calumet District on the 3700 and 3800 block of Giles and 3800 block of Calumet Avenue, and the Washington Park Court District between 4900 and 4959 S. Washington Park Ct. On...

...the Washington Park Court District between 4900 and 4959 S. Washington Park Ct. On the 3200 block of Calumet Avenue, the Roloson Row Houses, Frank Lloyd Wright’s singular row house development and among his...

...most hyped upcoming additions to Bronzeville is the Mariano’s grocery store under construction at S. Martin Luther King Drive and 39th Street. With its sleek design by Johnson and Lee Architects, who also designed Chinatown’s Ping...

...Street between Martin Luther King Drive and Cottage Grove Avenue. At the west end at 436 E. 47th Street, a large 1920s era building and former site of a black-owned department store has...

...been transformed into the new home of Gallery Guichard. As with the previous location at 35th and S. Martin Luther King Drive, the new 4,000 square foot ground floor gallery space displays African art created by...

Additionally, two inland parks are slated to receive major enhancements. Ellis Park, at 35th and S. Cottage Grove Avenue, will be obtaining a new $11 million field house imbued with steel and precast concrete...

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